Archinect - News2015-03-03T15:35:22-05:00http://archinect.com/news/article/61209595/architectural-illustrators-use-tricks-to-manipulate-our-view-of-buildings
Architectural illustrators use tricks to ‘manipulate’ our view of buildings Archinect2012-11-12T00:00:00-05:00>2012-11-12T10:19:40-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/5f/5fb9f2b8ebdd4aea793ba5d8b3166539.jpg" width="514" height="219" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Architectural illustrations are &ldquo;meant to be manipulative,&rdquo; said Gordon Grice, a prominent Toronto-based illustrator. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re like lawyers; every case needs to have its best points brought forward.&rdquo;</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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http://archinect.com/news/article/57746331/kickstarter-bans-renderings
Kickstarter bans renderings Archinect2012-09-21T16:26:00-04:00>2012-09-24T19:16:17-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/wq/wqd90oq8k8txsw04.jpg" width="514" height="386" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Product simulations are prohibited. Projects cannot simulate events to demonstrate what a product might do in the future. Products can only be shown performing actions that they&rsquo;re able to perform in their current state of development.
Product renderings are prohibited. Product images must be photos of the prototype as it currently exists.</p></em><br /><br /><p>
Last night, in a blog post titled "Kickstarter Is Not a Store", Kickstarter announced that it will no longer accept renderings of products or projects seeking funding.</p>
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What do you think about their decision to enforce realistic proposals by limiting virtual representation?</p>